Surgical appliance.



' SURGICAL APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. L5. 1915- 1,240,125.Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

wH/neoozo BENJAMIN M. IDOUD, OF GILLETTE, WYOMING.

SURGICAL APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters latent. I Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

- Application filed December 15, 1915. Serial No. 66,973.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. DOUD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gillette, in the county of Campbell and State of Wyoming,have invented new and useful Improvements in Surgical Appliances, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a surgical appliance which may be employed toapply medicament to the lining of the urethra or as a receptacle for thedischarge therefrom in certain forms of urethritis.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an appliance which maybe retained in applied position to receive the discharge withoutemploying the fore skin for this purpose and has its attaching portionso constructed as to positively prevent the dis charge collecting in theurethra and setting up a posterior urethritis.

Another object of the invention is to provide an appliance in which ahollow cylindrical extension for insertion within the fossa navicularisis connected with the receptacle for the discharge by a restricted neckforming exteriorly of the appliance an annular groove the wall of whichis to be gripped by the meatus to retain the appliance in appliedposition.

A further object of the invention is to provide the appliance with anextension, the wall of which is of greater thickness throughout itslength than the thickness of the wall of the neck or receptacle toprevent the erectile tissue of the glans penis when distended fromrestricting the channel through the extension.

With these and other objects in View, the invention resides in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter describedand particularly pointed out in the claim.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, although no restriction is necessarily made to theprecise details of construction therein shown, as changes, al-

terations, and modifications within the scope of the claim may beresorted to when desired.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view of the appliance.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the letter Adesignates asurgical appliance constructed in accordance with the invention whereina substantially globular shaped sack or pouch 1, preferably formed fromsome thin and flexible material, such as silk, or rubber, and adapted toreceive the discharge, is provided at one side with a reduced neck 2,forming exteriorly of the appliance, an annular groove at one end of ahollow cylindrical extension 3 having a rounded edge at its outer endand connected with the sack by the neck. Said extension is adapted to beinserted in fossa navicularis and is preferably of a length corresponding thereto, so that the meatus may extend within the groove andengage the wall thereof to retain the appliance in applied position. Thewall of, the extension is of greater thickness throughout its lengththan the wall of the neck of the sack to prevent blood pressure in thecavernous portion of the penis from collapsing the extension and closingthe channel through the neck thereby resulting in the dischargecollecting and setting up a posterior urethritis.

lVhen applied, the extension 3 is slipped into the fossa naviculariswhere it is frictionally retained by the engagement of the flesh withthe wall of the groove and with the sack 1 lying beyond the end of theurethra. The sack 1 may contain a medicament which when the sack ispressed may be injected along the urethra, or the appliance may beapplied and serve as a receptacle for catching any discharge that may beemitted from the urethra and thus protect the clothing of the person towhom the device is applied and prevent the spreading of disease.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

A surgical appliance comprising a flexible globular sack, a neck on saidsack providinga circumferentially extending groove exteriorly of theappliance to receive-therein the Ineatus, a hollow cylindrical extensionconnected at its innerend with the sack by said neck and having arounded edge at its outer end, the Wall of said extension being 10 ofgreater thickness than the Wall of the neck and sack for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

BENJAMIN-Mi DOUD. Witnesses:

DON L. WAKEMAN, EDGAR EIWAKEMAN.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

